mo4ch:>Lifting UK lockdown now would allow coronavirus to ‘run rampant’ – Health Minister | Mo4ch News

The UK is yet to pass the peak of the Covid-19 epidemic, so the time to lift the lockdown has not yet arrived, Health Minister Matt Hancock has said. Otherwise, efforts to stop the virus thus far would have been for nothing.“While we’ve seen a flattening of the number of cases, and thankfully a flattening of the number of deaths, that hasn’t started to come down yet,” Hancock told BBC on Thursday. “It does appear that we are starting to reach a peak, and that’s very good news. But it’s still a very high level. 761 people died yesterday.”The minister said the British public had been remarkably understanding during this health crisis and mostly complied with the social distancing measures imposed by the government.“I don’t want to put all that good effort to waste. If we just released all the measures now, then this virus would run rampant once again and we can’t let that happen.”Later in the day, Hancock will communicate with his counterparts in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales to …